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You’ve been called to serve not to loot – Domelevo tells public servants

The Auditor-General, Daniel Domelevo has expressed disappointment in public servants who use their office to encourage corruption. He said it was distressing that officials with...

Vigilante training letter to National Security fake – Sammi Awuku

The National Organiser of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has denied ever writing a letter to the Minister of National Security, Mr ...

PDS did not commit fraud – Otchere Darko

New Patriotic Party (NPP) Stalwart, Gabby Otchere Darko says the Power Distribution (PDS) on its part did not commit any fraud in the power compact concessionaire. According...

Parliament to be briefed on Kwesi Nyantakyi probe

Parliament is set to be briefed on the status of the probe involving the former Ghana Football Association (GFA) President Kwesi Nyantakyi who allegedly...

Educate yourself on meaning of state capture – Alex Mould jabs Gabby Otchere-Darko

A former CEO of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) has asked Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko to take advantage of technology to educate himself on the meaning...

I will become President of Ghana before I die – Kofi Akpaloo

The Founder and leader of the Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG), Mr. Percival Kofi Akpaloo, has said he will one day become President...

Video: John Dumelo carts garbage after clean up exercise

Popular actor and politician John Dumelo has been spotted pushing a refuse truck. The actor was seen in a video pushing the refuse truck after he...

Kweku Baako provides plan for way forward in PDS fraud

Editor-in-Chief of the New Crusading Guide Newspaper, Abdul Malik Kweku Baako, says the termination of the Power Distribution Services (PDS) concession agreement by the...

Female MPs to breastfeed in Parliament

Nursing mothers, who are also Members of Parliament (MP), will be allowed to breastfeed their babies in the House. This is according to Ghana's...

Integrate breast reconstruction surgery into NHIS – Adwoa Sarfo

Ms Sarah Adwoa Sarfo, Chairperson of the Women Caucus in Parliament, has called on government to include breast reconstruction surgery for breast cancer patients into the...

‘Horn of strength’ I gave Akufo-Addo never brought hardship – Owusu Bempah to NDC

Founder and leader of the Glorious Word and Power Ministry International (GWPMI), Rev. Dr. Isaac Owusu Bempah, has sought to quash reports that the...

Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko sad!

Private legal practitioner and New Patriotic Party (NPP) Stalwart, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, has reacted to circumstances that led to termination of Power Distribution Services...

PDS scandal: ‘Some NDC members bribed to give govt bad press’

A communications team member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) is alleging majority of National Democratic Congress (NDC) members demonising the government for terminating...

PDS fiasco: NPP man blasts MCC over $190m withdrawal

New Patriotic Party (NPP) Constituency Chairman for New Juaben North in the Eastern Region, Kwadwo Boateng-Agyemang, has chided the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) over...

I never tagged economic hardship complaints as witchcraft – Ursula Owusu

Member of Parliament (MP) for Ablekuma West on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has dismissed media reports that...

Govt did not cook up fraud allegation against PDS – Oppong Nkrumah

Government, through the Ministry of Information, has dismissed allegations it cooked up fraud to terminate the Power Distribution Services (PDS) concession agreement. According to the...

PDS brouhaha: Kennedy Agyapong praises NDC’s Sammy Gyamfi

Controversial New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Assin Central,  Kennedy Agyapong, has heaped praises on Sammy Gyamfi, National Communications Officer of the...

MPs clash over breast sucking

As part of contribution to a statement in Parliament to commemorate October as a breast cancer month, a female Member of Parliament (MP) called...

Gov’t right in terminating PDS concession – Ursula Owusu

Minister for Communications, Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has said the government has done no wrong in terminating its concession agreement with Power Distribution Service (PDS)...

Stop writing letters to me – Ursula to Ato Forson

Communication Minister, Ursula Owusu Ekuful has urged Former Deputy Finance Minister  Cassiel Ato Forson to stop writing letters to her. The minister has further urged...

Don’t impose your cultures on us – Mahama

Former President John Dramani Mahama on Wednesday said Ghanaians are who they are because of their culture and traditions and no country should impose...

There is too much corruption in govt’s DNA – Asiedu Nketia

General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has accused the incumbent government of being too corrupt saying that corruption...

Listen: Allotey Jacobs chides NDC/ NPP over PDS scandal

Former Central Regional Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has blamed the over politicisation of the energy sector for the controversy that...

PDS restrictive tendering remains prerogative of MCC – NPP MP

New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Sekondi Constituency, Andrew Egyapa Mercer, says the use of restrictive tendering to replace the Power Distribution...

NPP man blasts MCC over $190m withdrawal after PDS deal abrogation

New Patriotic Party (NPP) Constituency Chairman for New Juaben North in the Eastern Region, Kwadwo Boateng-Agyemang, has chided the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) over...

Fabewoso: EC sells voters’ data to private company – Auditor-General reveals [video]

It has emerged that the Electoral Commission (EC) has sold voters’ data to a private software development company. This was contained in a report of...

CPP backs termination of PDS contract

The Convention People’s Party (CPP) has asked the government to cancel the concession agreement it had with Power Distribution Services (PDS), in spite of...

‘Akufo-Addo must be held responsible for any financial loss in PDS mess’

Eric Adjei, the Deputy Brong Ahafo Regional Communications Officer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), says President Nana Akufo-Addo is responsible for the...

Asiedu Nketia gives govt legal tips on how to prosecute officials over PDS deal

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has begun chanting ‘prosecution’, ‘prosecution’ as government has terminated its agreement with Power Distribution Services (PDS), which managed...

Listen: Fmr NPP MP calls for harsh punishment for those involved in PDS fiasco

A former New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Obuasi East in the Ashanti Region is calling for stiff punishment for individuals involved...

Listen: Former NPP MP ‘chokes’ on PDS mess

Former New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Obuasi East, Edward Enin is at sea over government’s handling of the controversial concession...

Video: High Court acquits and discharges NPP National Chairman of contempt charge

New Patriotic Party (NPP) National Chairman, Freddy Blay, has been acquitted and discharged of the contempt charge leveled against him by the Commission on...

Council of State member Mogtar Shahanun dies at 74

A Member of the Council of State, Mogtar Shahanun has died, aged 74.  JoyNews’ Upper West regional correspondent, Rafiq Salam reports he suddenly took ill...

PDS contract biggest scandal in Ghana’s history – NDC

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has described the Ghana government’s contract with the Power Distribution Service (PDS) as the biggest scandal in the history of Ghana. According...

NPP to hold presidential, parliamentary primaries in April 2020

The governing New Patriotic Party has scrapped an initial plan to hold primaries for sitting Members of Parliament in January 2020. General Secretary of the...

I won’t go to a brothel for moral lessons – Ursula Owusu to Ato Forson

Communications Minister, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has replied Parliamentarian Cassiel Ato Forson in a strongly-worded statement. The Ejumako-Enyan-Esiam MP had called out the Minister for her directive...

Akufo-Addo gov’t setting Ghana up against USA as gov’t conduct impugns US integrity – NDC

The National Democratic Congress (NDC), has accused the government of trying to impugn the integrity of the United States of America (USA) government through...

NDC outlines ‘3 cardinal sins’ of Akufo-Addo gov’t in PDS brouhaha

The National Democratic Congress (NDC), has outlined what it says are three ‘sins’ committed by the Akuffo-Addo-led administration that has resulted in the termination...

ECG Concession: Restrictive tendering is ‘a no no’ – NDC warns

The opposition party National Democratic Party (NDC), has kicked against government’s intention to replace the Power Distribution Service (PDS), by the use of a...

Audio: NPP blames NDC for bad roads in Ashanti Region

Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei Mensah, is blaming the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) for the bad roads in the region. He says the opposition...